Jinder Mahal Becomes 50th WWE Champion, Wrestlers React

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May 22, 2017

Jinder Mahal picked up a surprising win over Randy Orton at WWE Backlash to become the new WWE Champion via the Cobra Clutch Slam on Orton after the Singh Brothers interfered.

WWE posted a video below and a few GIFs and pics on Twitter:

Wrestlers React

Several wrestlers reacted to Jinder’s win on Twitter:

50th WWE Champion

Jinder Mahal became the 50th person to be WWE Champion in the title’s 54 year history.

  1. Buddy Rogers
  2. Bruno Sammartino
  3. Ivan Koloff
  4. Pedro Morales
  5. Stan Stasiak
  6. Superstar Billy Graham
  7. Bob Backlund
  8. The Iron Sheik
  9. Hulk Hogan
  10. Andre the Giant
  11. Randy Savage
  12. The Ultimate Warrior
  13. Sgt. Slaughter
  14. The Undertaker
  15. Ric Flair
  16. Bret Hart
  17. Yokozuna
  18. Diesel
  19. Shawn Micheals
  20. Sycho Sid
  21. Stone Cold Steve Austin
  22. Kane
  23. The Rock
  24. Mankind
  25. Triple H
  26. Vince McMahon
  27. Big Show
  28. Kurt Angle
  29. Chris Jericho
  30. Brock Lesnar
  31. Eddie Guerrero
  32. John “Bradshaw” Layfield
  33. John Cena
  34. Edge
  35. Rob Van Dam
  36. Randy Orton
  37. Jeff Hardy
  38. Batista
  39. Sheamus
  40. The Miz
  41. CM Punk
  42. Rey Mysterio
  43. Alberto Del Rio
  44. Daniel Bryan
  45. Seth Rollins
  46. Roman Reigns
  47. Dean Ambrose
  48. AJ Styles
  49. Bray Wyatt
  50. Jinder Mahal
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